A state representative has proposed a bill to liberalize the liquor laws in Utah, despite the position of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or "Mormon Church," that current policies should remain in place.

"The additional costs to businesses" caused by the liquor restrictions "put a damper on Utah's economic development and tourism, which is very large industry in Utah," Representative Greg Powell (R ‚Äď Herber City) told The Christian Post in an interview on Wednesday. Powell's bill would remove two restrictions ‚Äď the requirement that servers ask if a patron ordering alcohol "intends to dine," and the "Zion Curtain," a 7-foot-2-inch barrier required by law between the areas where alcohol is poured and where it is served.

"A good Mormon doesn't see freedom as a good thing ‚ÄĒ they consider grace a license to sin," explained Lynn K. Wilder, associate professor of special education at...

1 Corinthians 10:31 Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.32 Give no offense either to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God;33 just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.---NASB